C-130 Landing & taking off from a Aircraft Carrier

[Owen Miller]

Yes sir, NMNA has that bird. I have been in it several
times. Ya know, P'cola catches a lot of flak here and
on some other boards. Overall, they do a darn fine
job od locating, securing, restoring, and preserving
historic USN aircraft.

[mustangdriver]

I am a huge fan of the museum and a member.

[tom d. friedman]

in 93 i had the chance to tour keesler afb in biloxi mississippi with my 1st wife's cousin. he flew in weather / hurricane chasing c-130's. their in the rear of the herc sat a pair of nomex flight gloves at the flare tube dropping station. well..... he said if somebody was as dumb to leave them, they were fair game for the taking. i still have them, & they are thoroughly used & still hanging in their. a testimonial to their quality of workmanship. yeah....... their hot, but this taxpayer got a little bang for the buck!!!

[muddyboots]

*notifies glove police*

[leo]

My stepdad was a loadmaster on 130's for 18 months in Vietnam in 66-67. Some of his stories of the things they got that plane to do...
Having heard so many accounts of his and countless others, seen it in action in film and experience, I've gotten to the point where I'll almost believe it capable of anything.

[Paul Krumrei]

That had to be wicked to witness in person seeing that big old dog come in like that!

[Cubs]

Back in the 60's they delivered four C130B models to to our base in River's Manitoba. The discussion got around to the climb rates compared to the T33 also stationed there. Some one figured out that the Herc could outclimb the T33 I believe it was up to 4,000 feet. Can't recall the stats now but would anyone be able to confirm. They did try it but I can't recall the results.

I've heard a story about the climb rate of a C-141. A former co-worker was the flight engineer on a C-141. They were at Oceana, in position to T-O.
On the other runway was an F-14. The talk around the base was that a 141 could outclimb a -14 to 10,000'. Tommy said the pilot called over to the Tomcat and said something like 'race you to 10K'. The tower got in on it and called the release for simultaneous take-off. The 141 had no cargo and was light on fuel. (I think they were headed to Dover) The pilot called "stand on the brakes and max. power". They beat the Tomcat to 10,000. Don't recall what the margin was. I've always wanted to calculate the thrust to weight ratio of that aircraft in that condition. You may think this is
a made up story or my acquaintance was lying. Maybe so.

Paul

[tom d. friedman]

ok all you physics majors......... & aerial dynamics buffs......... step up to the plate & cut through the detail. i have no clue, & i'm practically a individual of questionable judgement with out a calculator. sounds feasible, doubtful, but great story.

[Paul Krumrei]

I think it would be impossible for the 141.

MHO